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EDMONTON – Timon — the loveable character from Disney’s The Lion King — made the species famous, and now a group of meerkats have become one of Edmonton Valley Zoo’s most popular attractions.

Eight meerkats are now calling the zoo home, after arriving in the city from Prague this spring. The five males and three females spent 45 days in quarantine, getting used to their environment, and went on display in June.

“They are so popular amongst our visitors,” Wade Krasnow, the zoo’s team leader of animal care said of the curious creatures.